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Reactivating memories during sleep: Memory rehearsal during sleep can make a big difference in remembering later

Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered ...

Neuroscience created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Primary care docs shouldn't screen all patients for oral cancer: experts

(HealthDay)—Not enough evidence exists to recommend that primary care physicians perform oral cancer screenings on adult patients who have no signs or symptoms of the condition, an expert panel says.

Cancer created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reports adenoma detection rates are higher than current guidelines suggest in both men and women

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, report in a new study that average-risk screening adenoma detection rates (ADR) are significantly higher than current guidelines suggest for both men and women. The study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop tool to assist areas of infectious disease outbreaks

Researchers have developed a simple new tool to help governments worldwide decide whether to screen airplane passengers leaving or arriving from areas of infectious disease outbreaks.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prevalence of benign disease diagnosis after lung surgery varied widely by state

Benign disease diagnosis rates after surgery for suspected lung cancer varied widely by state, and the reasons for these variations could inform health policy and clinical guidelines for lung cancer screening, according to ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot hot among surgeons but US taking fresh look (Update)

The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries in America last year—triple the number just four years earlier.

Surgery created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

American College of Physicians releases new prostate cancer screening guidance statement

Men between the ages of 50 and 69 should discuss the limited benefits and substantial harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their doctor before undergoing screening for prostate cancer, according to new recommendations ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo software identifies and stratifies risk posed by lung nodules

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs. Results from a pilot study of ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High-risk screening and high rate of follow up—patient navigators credited

Low-income and minority women screened for breast cancer at Capital Breast Cancer Center (CBCC) in Washington, DC, exceed national standards in their rate of medical follow-up after a positive mammogram, according to a small ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ACMG releases statement on noninvasive prenatal screening

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has just released an important new Policy Statement on "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy." The Statement can be found in the Publications section ...

Other created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When teens focus on TV, obesity risk rises

(HealthDay)—It's not how much time teens spend watching TV but how intensely they watch that adds on the pounds, new research suggests.

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low levels of serum bilirubin spell higher lung cancer risk for male smokers

Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male smokers with low levels of the yellow-tinged ...

Cancer created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds virtual colonoscopy is used appropriately, may expand screening to more patients

In 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) halted reimbursement for so-called "virtual colonoscopy" for routine colon-cancer screening in asymptomatic patients, in part due to concerns over how this procedure, ...

Cancer created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discuss new frontiers in breast cancer screening

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a "one strategy fits all" technology.

Cancer created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IU and Regenstrief conducting nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial

Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0